Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-12-18
Sabbath Sentiment.
Dangers of Gossiping Tongues
Graphically Set Forth by an
Eminent Divine.
Plenty of Pointers Pertaining to
the Periginations OF the Popu-
lar "Perfesh."

EVIL SPEAKING.
A Sermon Delivered by Rev. S. Il. snider q
the Methodist Church Of Miles City, sun
day, Dec. IL, 1887.
Be not overcome of evil but overcom,
evil with good. Rom. XII. 2l:s
The Christian religion when app Ii
ed is the most practical thing in th,
world, it has the impress OF the infini
te wisdom Of God upon it, therefore 4
can be applied successfully in al
climes and countries wherever the
human family exist.
The object OF the Christian religion
10 the destruction of all forms and sys
TENS Of evil. The ultimate triumph
Of Righteousness over evil. "for thi'
purpose was the Son Of God manifested
that he might destroy the works o
the devil" The
text gives US the practica
method by which all moral evil may
be overcome. "Overcoms evil with
good" Whatever
may be the form Of evil which
confronts US there is specific
remedy; the remedy is just the 0ppo-
site OF evil. Evil speaking Is
the name of the child Of the devil,
hsrbored under the cloak Of religion.
Although denounced in the:strongest
terms In Gods word, and classed with
other sins which exclude man from
the Kingdom Of Heaven, yet so com
mon among professed Christians;there
is no sin more common and injukous
to society, and inconsistent with
Christian principles ~ evil speaking.
= The frequency with which
1t 10 denounced. the iniunctions in
Gods word against 1t, and the penalty
provided for il reveals the enormity o.
the evil. Hear what Gods word say,
concerning this evil: Thou shalt moi
go up and down rs q tale bearer among
thy people," "The words Of = tai.
bearer are as wounds" "Where no
wood is, there the fire goeth out, 90
where there Is no tale bearer, the
strife ceaseth.n "And withsl they
learn to be idle, wandering about from
house to house; and not only idle, but
tsttlers also. and busybodies, speaking
things which they ought not" Be
ing filled with all unrigteousness, for
nication, wickedness, covetness, ma
liciousness, full of envy. murder, de-
bate, deceit, malignity, whispers. back
biters, haters Of God, despiteful, proud,
boosters, inventors of evil things, ETC."
"To speak evil Of no man, to be no
'brawler but gentle, showing all meek
ness unto all men," "The tongue IL q
fire, q world Of iniquity-it sstteth on
fire the cause Of nature, and II Ia set on
fire of hell" 1T is an unru.
ly evil. full of deadly poison" "He
that will love life and zee good days,
let him refrain his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking guile. I"
. "Spesk not evil one OF
another" Evil speaking is incousis.
tent with q Christian profession; be.
fore you have right to tell the faults
Of another, you must first go to the
person and tell him of his faults be.
tween you and him alone. but how
different the custom. That professed
Christian woman having heard Of the
wropg-doing OF some sister In the
church instead OF hiding the sin with
mantle of charity, peddles II al
along the streets. She takes the after
noon to herself TO make her long neg
lected calls. she tells the story ter
time before supdown and everytlm,
tells II larger. She rushes into the
parlor to tell 1t. che rushes into tb,
nursery to tell IL; she Gays would you
have It straight? Well. / always said
there WAS something wrong about her
Why / should not speak to her II
saw her on the street! II is horrible
But better not say anything about IL,
for there may be some mistake = / do
not want my name involved In the
matter guess I will just 20 over 10
No. 14a0 and ask them whether they
have heard Il. Guess II must be NJ
for Mary Ann Gays her husband saw
Q man who heard from his buiness
partner that his old, blind grand
mother saw something that looked
very suspicious. The most loathsome
miserable, Godiorssken wretch on
earth is a gossiping woman. l can
tell her on the street though / have
never seen her before, she walks fast
and has her bonnet strings loose, for
she has not had time 10 fasten them
since she heard the last scandal. She
looks both ways ~ she passes, hoping
] 70 see new evidences Of depravity IL